Scott Shane is attempting to justify leaked stories from the the White House by comparing them to the Wiki leaks stories. While both stories had the possibility of compromising U.S. intelligence operations. The leaks that have taken place the last few days may compromise operations that are ongoing. Especially the leaks about cyber ware fare and specific details and sources of drone attacks. These leaks put at risk our allies and our capabilities. The revelation that David Axelrod ( a political consultant) has been in anyway involved in any of these classified security meetings should be a scandal of its own. It certainly would be under a Republican President. If the President wants to have his own "kill list" it just brings back memories of LBJ picking targets in Vietnam.

The Obama campaign is still 1 or 2 great speeches short of successfully defending Drone strikes, and it's not seeming like the Pres recognizes this. I'm hoping he is in fact planning such speeches (Call them of Nobel quality, BTW). At any rate, He'll be easy meat in the debates if he doesn't pre-empt in this matter.

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